The UNSD Statistical Databases page on the UN Statistics Division website gives access to UN country data for a variety of topics, and links to national statistical offices of member countries.

Gapminder presents animated statistics about social, economic and environmental development at local, national and global levels.

The Human Rights Development Reports from the United Nations Development Programme include human development indicator tables that give a global assessment of country achievements in different areas of human development, such as sanitation, health, education and income.

Transparency International is a coalition which aims to end the impact of corruption on men, women and children around the world by working with governments, businesses and citizens to stop the abuse of power, bribery and secret deals.

Governmental travel advisory services issue travel warnings and cautions on security and risks in countries worldwide. It can be worthwhile looking at more than one of these sites as opinions do vary. Here are the links for the Australian, the United Kingdom and the United States government sites.